Device for feeding paper slips



Patented May 27, 1924.

'UNITED STAT-Es JOHN EDMUND BARTLETT, or BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, AssIGNonTo BAR-relax" PATENT .oFFlcE.

MANUFACTURING co., INC., er EIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, A CORPORATION orALABAMA.

DEVICE FOB FEEDING PAPER SLIPSi Application mea January 24, 192s. semiNo. 614,671.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I,JOHN EDMUND BART- LETT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and State ofAlabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dealsoused for the delivery of stationery, suchv as envelopes or sheets ofpaper from the suitable receptacles provided at hotels or other publicplaces. i

It is well known that either through carelessness or cupidity, there isa tendency of the average consumer to be very wasteful in the use ofarticles of the kind referred to.. Thus, it frequently occurs thatpeople take away bank checks or deposit slips for use in makingmemoranda, and telegraph blanks are similarly wasted, while the waste ofstationery at hotels is quite an important feature, generallynecessitating the doling out of such stationery in limited quantities,as it may be required for use.`

According to my invention, the articles to be used are supplied Vone byone to theu'ser and he is not apt to spend the time or to attract theattention of the bystanders 1n withdrawing such articles in a wastefulway.

Moreover, according to my invention, I ,i

provide a neat and attractive receptacle in which such articles are keptfree from dust or dirt, and arel not`blown around by the wind orcareless cleaners, and .which are served to the users' fresh and'cleanin the quantities desired.

My invention will kbe more clearly understood after reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which I show a cabinet adapted to use in abank, provided with separate adjustable holders for checks and depositslips; but similar receptaclesv may be used in telegraph oflices, hotelsor other places where articles of the character described ar to bedispensed.

In the drawings like parts are indicated by similar reference symbolsthrough out the several views, in which: i

Figure l is a front elevation ofthe completed cabinet as arranged to bestood upon a table or shelf; and

Figure 2 shows va section along the line 2 2 of Figurel l-and looking inthe direction ofthe arrows.' y i l The operatinglparts are held in thecasing, which for lconvenience of manufacture,

may be made of separate parts connectedl together, .as shown. A

I provide a base A, which may be provided at its bottom with discs a `ofrubber,

leather or the like, to prevent scratching the ,table orshelf. Thecentral portion of `the` casing A comprises an open front and sidewalls, to which the upper portionA2 1s con` ably comprising a glasspaneflmounted in the frame D,'which frame is hinged `at'its lower end dIto the casing, landl at its upper end is provided with a lug d",perforated to receive the screw E,=which` screw is provided with aknurled head E. This screw engages lin screw'threads in the front wally.of the casing and yby turning the screw, the v"door maybe opened orclosed, as desired.

Mounted inside of the casingI provide adjustable supports or racks Fandguides I-I for the checks or deposit slips, or the like, which are to bedispensed by theapparatus; These supports orvv racksv F, as shown,consist of bent plates having the por- `tion' f'serving to support thelower'end of the checks or 'deposit slips, and the curved endv f slottedas at f to permit passage -therethrough of the pusher bar and also toserve 'as guides for'said pusher bar.l

The' other endsl of these plates f2 are slotted as at f3 to .engagevthe. adjusting nected, and-the rear portion A3 is connected to the topand base portionsby meansof 'lugs a2 and a3 and screws B andB. y;

YVscrews G. Thus, these supports F may be moved up or down and adjusted.according to the length -of the slip of paper to ,be supported thereonand to be dispensed from the machine.

Mounted above the plates F are the guides H, .which are oppositelydisposed, as shown in Fig. l, and are provided with Vvertical walls z,having their front edges flanged inward as at L, and their rear .edges.provided with lugs h2 slotted as at 7a3 to engage the adjusting screwsI. These guides may be moved towards or away from eachother and-set atthe desired position, so .as to correspond tothe width of the paperslips to be held therebetween and to `vbe fed from the machine.

I have shown two of these plates vF one near each side of the Casing andtwo pairs lof the guides H arranged above the supports material ismounted, as shown in 1F ig. 2.

' Each .of these pusher bars M -is provided at its lower end with a lugor fixed pin m slotted as at m2. To this 'stud mf the lever N ispivoted, and I provide a spring P, which has onere-nd j? engaging insaid slot m2 and its other end'p engaging beneath the lever N, assli-own in Fig. 2, whereby there is a slight spring pressure applied tothe pusher bar M, tending to swing its upper end `tothe right, causingthe tip M to .engage on the face of the paper slip, with a slightpressure, and preventing the pusher 'bar from swinging 'backwards -toofar.

The lever N is pivoted at its rear end to lthe pin Q, preferably acotter pin, and is slotted as at n to receive the lug r projecting fromthe key lever R, which is pivoted to the ycasing as at r and is providedwith a key R. This stud r is drawn towards the Cotter pin@J by means ofa tension spring S, which spring tends to normally restore the parts -tothe initial position, shown in full'lines in Fig. Vv2. 1

Incidentally, the weight of the parts would accomplish a similar result,but the spring S referred lto gives a positive and Yquick action forrestoring the parts to the initial position. 'This spring also has afunction-.of checking the downward movement of the key, as the pusherbar moves upward, as will'be evident from the position shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2. This spring, there fore, serves as a shock absorberagainst the upward movement of the kpusher bar and provides a form oftouch7 to the instrument, analogous to that found in typewritingmachines, or the like.

YIn order to prevent rattling, I provide a buffer T of rubber or similarmaterial, which ,serves as a shock absorber when the pusher bar and theparts connected thereto l'return to the initial position, shown in fulllines in Fig. 2.

The upper portion A2 of thecasing `is provided with throats A4, throughwhich the `paper slips are fed in the upward direction.

At one `side of each throat I providea spring plate TU inclined inwards,as shown in Fig. 2, which plate is secured to the casing, as by means ofthe screws V. At theother side of each throat yI provide a 'bent plateIV,

which is pivoted as at X -to the lugs a project-ing downward from `thetop ofthe casing.

This yplate IV tends to swing inward and to close the throat, as yshownin Fig. 2, but maybe 1readily pressed outwards tothe position shown indotted lines in Fig. 2, as the paper slips yare lfed upwards. "Thus, theplates `U yand YV normally keep `thetop of the casing closed and preventdust or the like from falling on the paper slips below, ybut permit thepaper slips to be conveniently fed upwards, when desired.

Obviously, the plate .U may be omitted and the inclined vface a of thecasing ina-y ser-ve to lguide fthe slips upwards, Ebut I .prev#fer to`have a separate plate, as shown.

T-he operation of t'liedevice is as Afollows:

Suppose -the supports F and guides IH =to be properly adjusted and thepaper Vslips in place, 'and .suppose ythe operating parts :to be in theposition shown in full 1li-nes 'in -F-ig. 2, pressingdown on the key Rwill cause the pusher bar M to `move upward from 'the position `shown in-fu'll lines to the .position shown :in dotted lines in Fig. 2. '-Thiswill cause the front paper slip to be moved over the ilower slips and:the free .end V.of said yslip will be ,pressed 'between the .plates TUand W, and the saine maybe drawn out from fthe (machine.

The parts are so adjusted that .only one slip at a time canbe fed out.The inclined yface ai? ofthe back vof the casing will facili tate thefeeding of ,the .slips Vseriatiin.

. When the key R is released, the yweight of the parts, supplemented bythe action of the spring S, will tend to restore the parts from theposition shown `in Vdotti-ad y'lines to that shown in full lines in Fig.y2.

While I `have shown a casing arranged ,to feed two separate sets ofpaper slips, such as .checks vand deposit slips, it wfill be `obviousthat a casing may b e -inadeto use a single set of slips only, or more'than :two sets of slips.

I have shown a single embodiment of the invention in a simple form, butit will be obvious that changes might be made in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts, which could be used withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention, and I do not mean to limitmyself to such details, except as particularly pointed out in theclaims.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States is:

1. Apparatus of the character described comprising a closed casinghaving an opening in the front thereof and a door closing said opening,the said casing having its rear wall inclined slightly upwards andrearwards, with a delivery throat at the upper end of said casing, asupporting rack, adjustably secured to the inclined rear wall of saidcasing, and provided with a forwardly projecting slotted portion, guidesfor the edges of the paper slips also adjustably secured to saidinclined rear wall,

' a pusher bar having an adhesive tip at the upper end thereof adaptedto engage the forward paper slip, said bar engaging in the slotted frontportion of said supporting rack, a slotted lever pivoted to said casingand to said pusher bar, and a key lever pivoted to said casing andprojecting through the front wall thereof, and having a lug engagingsaid slotted lever.

2. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a closed casinghaving an opening in the front thereof and a door closing said opening,the said casing having its near wall inclined slightly upwards and rear-Wards, with a delivery throat at the upper end of said casing, a springplate at the back of the throat inclined forwardly and upwardly with itsouter end substantially in the same plane with the outermost paper slipwhen a full stack of slips is present 011 the rack, a swinging platenormally closing said throat and extending substantially diagonally nearthe throat and adapted to rest near its upper end against the outer endof said spring plate, said swinging plate being carried by the casingforwardly of the throat, and below the throat, a supporting rackadjustably secured to the inclined rear wall of said casing, adjustableguides for the edges of the paper slips, a pusher bar havingA anadhesive tip at the upper end thereof adapted to engage the f forwardpaper slip, a slotted lever pivoted to said casing and to said pusherbar, and a key pivoted to said casing and projecting through the frontwall thereof, and having a lug engaging said slotted lever.

3. Apparatus of the character described comprising a closed casinghaving an opening in the front thereof and a door closing said opening,the said casing having its rear wall inclinedy slightly upwards andrearwards, with a delivery throat at the upper end of said casing, and.a swinging plate normally closing said throat but yielding to slightupward pressure of the paper slips, a supporting rack adjustably securedto the inclined rear wall of said casing, and provided with a forwardlyprojecting slotted portion, guides fo-r the edges of the paper slipsalsoadjustably secured to said inclined rear wall, a pusher bar' having anadhesive tip at the upper end thereof adapted to engage the forwardpaper slip, said bar engaging in the slotted front portion of saidsupporting rack, a slotted lever pivoted to said casing and to saidpusher bar, and a key pivoted to said casing and projecting through thefront wall thereof, and having a lug engaging said slotted lever, with atension spring connecting said lug and the pivot of said slotted lever,and tending to positively restore the parts to the initial position.

JOHN EDMUND BARTLETT.

